By bud Go To Postwhat’s the point? you’re going to shit on whatever movie you end up watching anyway.😂
By n8 dogg Go To Post'physical manifestation of destiny' monologue captures exactly what the spirit of them should be from here on in.Shit was pure cringe.
By Pedja Go To PostShit was pure cringe.
And fit the tone perfectly.
Love The Thing.
Watching The Thing with my dad, when I was a child, is legitimately one of the best memories of growing up I have. It's still an incredible movie every time I see it.
By reilo Go To PostYea just somehow missed it all these years and finally decided I wanted to see it
Watching The Thing with my dad, when I was a child, is legitimately one of the best memories of growing up I have. It's still an incredible movie every time I see it.
By n8 dogg Go To PostAnd fit the tone perfectly.Nah, it was too much. I can't hear it and not picture Tom Cruise hovering over the writer's shoulder making 'suggestions' like that.
Still reeling from how bad The Flash was. It must take incredible active effort to get everyone working on a film production to put out their F game all at once.
By Laboured Go To PostStill reeling from how bad The Flash was. It must take incredible active effort to get everyone working on a film production to put out their F game all at once.What message do you think the bigwigs will take from its failure?
By Punished Go To PostWhat message do you think the bigwigs will take from its failure?
Already concerned by Barbenheimer that Shrek 5 and the Zone of Interest double header is being mooted
I love love love n8's long posts please never hire an editor I can listen to you for days
MI1 is still my fav
MI1 is still my fav
Watching Charlie Day's Fool's Paradise. What a weird movie. Too one dimensional and simpleminded as it's title character to be more than a naive portrait of Hollywood and not funny enough to be a good modern take of Charly Chaplin's classic character in modern Hollywood.
Not sure if Day is really trying to say something profound or if he's just dicking around with this movie. It's well shot and has some somber moments that due to the rest feel straight up out of place. And then you get a Lynch-ian monologue from Malkovich. Weird.
Not sure if Day is really trying to say something profound or if he's just dicking around with this movie. It's well shot and has some somber moments that due to the rest feel straight up out of place. And then you get a Lynch-ian monologue from Malkovich. Weird.
Barbie has had the largest opening weekend ever for a film not a remake or part of an existing film series/ film universe.
By s y Go To PostBarbie is not an established universe?Not a film universe, unless you want to count straight to dvd low budget films.
there is literally no story for Barbie to adapt and no established characters besides two people being called Barbie and Ken. it does have brand recognition but getting people to go and watch a movie about Barbie is quite the feat of the marketing team.
By s y Go To PostBarbie is not an established universe?lmao wtf
Barbie has always had a dominant media presence. Clueless and Legally Blonde might as well be barbie movies.
This is not an underdog story.
This is not an underdog story.
By reilo Go To PostWhat was the previous record holder? Lego Movie?Lego movie dropped in February so it is not that high up. Oppenheimer beats it.
Based on this site: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_opening_weekend/, I would say The Hunger Games, which Barbie narrowly beat. For a brand new IP, I think it’s The Secret Life of Pets starring Louis CK just before the allegations.
By s y Go To PostBarbie has always had a dominant media presence. Clueless and Legally Blonde might as well be barbie movies.who said it was lol?
This is not an underdog story.
By Call Sign: Apollo Go To Posthttps://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/2023-tiff-lineup-galas-special-presentations-1234887439/Yes. No Bilge Ceylan (yet?) so I’ll calm my hype. 100% seeing new Rohrwacher
Tiff lineup looks great
They appear to have discontinued ticket packages so only single tickets… pray i get my picks
By Perfect Blue Go To PostYes. No Bilge Ceylan (yet?) so I’ll calm my hype. 100% seeing new Rohrwacher
They appear to have discontinued ticket packages so only single tickets… pray i get my picks
Let me sleep on your couch and I will go with you
Saw Oppie
Very interesting and fascinating character study about someone I really had no context for other than I knew he developed the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy is fantastic here, portraying him as a complex individual who struggles with morality and his eyes do most of the work. The rest of the cast are great too in small but meaningful roles, Downey Jr in particular is great, maybe the best thing he's done since Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Nolan's typical usage of non-linear storytelling is here but it moves at such a frentic pace in its first 20 mins or so, that it was a bit hard for me to understand the characters and world he set up at first. Fortunately it settles into a nice enough rhythm and there are some absolutely jaw-dropping moments particularly in its usage of sound design and visual wonder. I saw it with subtitles so had no issues with the sound mix, but I recommend subtitles for this film anyway. Didn't see it in IMAX tho :(
Basically, it's Nolan's JFK, lol (btw, hated he name-dropped JFK in this, such an unnecessary line, it would have been fine without his name there). Very talky but it's the riveting kind of talky movie.
So yeah, really good film, it's probably going to be high on my Nolan list for sure.
Very interesting and fascinating character study about someone I really had no context for other than I knew he developed the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy is fantastic here, portraying him as a complex individual who struggles with morality and his eyes do most of the work. The rest of the cast are great too in small but meaningful roles, Downey Jr in particular is great, maybe the best thing he's done since Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Nolan's typical usage of non-linear storytelling is here but it moves at such a frentic pace in its first 20 mins or so, that it was a bit hard for me to understand the characters and world he set up at first. Fortunately it settles into a nice enough rhythm and there are some absolutely jaw-dropping moments particularly in its usage of sound design and visual wonder. I saw it with subtitles so had no issues with the sound mix, but I recommend subtitles for this film anyway. Didn't see it in IMAX tho :(
Basically, it's Nolan's JFK, lol (btw, hated he name-dropped JFK in this, such an unnecessary line, it would have been fine without his name there). Very talky but it's the riveting kind of talky movie.
So yeah, really good film, it's probably going to be high on my Nolan list for sure.
Yeah ok but back to real cinema
Barbie was really good. Hit you over the head a hot too much sometimes imo, with the whole women are oppressed stuff.
But i did not expect it to be that funny. Give Michael Cera the Oscar.
Really wish those few actual kids at the cinema hadn't been there. How dumb are parents... They didn't even understand the film (as in the fucking language).
Barbie was really good. Hit you over the head a hot too much sometimes imo, with the whole women are oppressed stuff.
But i did not expect it to be that funny. Give Michael Cera the Oscar.
Really wish those few actual kids at the cinema hadn't been there. How dumb are parents... They didn't even understand the film (as in the fucking language).
While everyone else is enjoying real kino I had to torture myself watching The Flash. Kudos to WB for deciding to save some money and send it to cinemas without finishing the CG. Jesus those CG actor stand ins were horrific.
And how is it possible to mess up a super slow motion rescue scene when Fox did it twice with the XMen movies?
Anyways: I think outside of anything involving CG it wasn't the worst comic book movie I've seen this year. But this is mainly due to the strong Flashpoint Paradox source material. Combining origin story elements by adding a young Barry was a clever idea, but some elements feel like everyone involved just shrugged and said: whatever. Cameos, timelines, CG actors.
I swear to god I thought the main bad guy was full on AI created. Deep faked face and AI generated voice. 3 reshoots and this is what they come up with?!
Weird.
And how is it possible to mess up a super slow motion rescue scene when Fox did it twice with the XMen movies?
Anyways: I think outside of anything involving CG it wasn't the worst comic book movie I've seen this year. But this is mainly due to the strong Flashpoint Paradox source material. Combining origin story elements by adding a young Barry was a clever idea, but some elements feel like everyone involved just shrugged and said: whatever. Cameos, timelines, CG actors.
I swear to god I thought the main bad guy was full on AI created. Deep faked face and AI generated voice. 3 reshoots and this is what they come up with?!
Weird.
By MF Coom Go To PostThe last time I had to sit in the floor section of a cinema was X2 on the Friday night it was released.
With assigned seatings and all that, I can't imagine actively purchasing a seat down there for any film.
By DerZuhälter Go To PostI don't think Quantummania had any redeeming qualities besides a compelling performance of Majors.
Even the Marvel fanatics admit that it sucks. The same group are holding out hope that the Secret Invasion TV show suddenly turns it around in its 6 and final episode. I don't think that's possible.
Surprised by how much a enjoyed Barbie. Not exactly ground breaking, but good fun all the same. Just weird enough to be a great time
By C4-621 Go To Post@dataIt's a double header this weekend of Kamen rider and venture bros
This is how you do superspeed
By DerZuhälter Go To PostI don't think Quantummania had any redeeming qualities besides a compelling performance of Majors.True, it was boring and comedy fell flat, didn't make any sense aswell.
But CGI was atleast decent?